"It Came From Hangar 18": the ultimate tiki sci-fi pulp novel

I have been "secretly" working on this project for months, with Scott Fulks, a regular at Forbidden Island. I can't reveal anything more right now than this fantastic cover by Michael Fleming http://tweedlebop.com/, it's an epic that all pretty much revolves around "Tiki" (though it has much, much, more), it'll be available in early 2012, and I'll be signing copies, along with Scott, at Tiki Oasis 12 next summer.

More details soon.
aloha, Will "the Thrill" Viharo
http://www.thrillville.net/fiction/index.html

Just started a Facebook page, where I'll be hosting updates
http://www.facebook.com/itcamefromhangar18

Also here's the back cover description, which provides a few more "clues":

IT CAME FROM HANGAR 18 is the most action-packed, erotic science fiction epic since The Bible but with even more sex and violence! IT mixes hardcore sex with hard science, conspiracy theories with conspicuous satire, mythological monsters with mutated mobsters, flesh-eating feminists with voyeuristic vampires, and creates a potent literary Tiki cocktail pulsating with pulp, planets, pulchritude, politics, and a plethora of other “p” words. This is essential end-of-the-world desert-island flashlight-under-the-covers reading, the ultimate B movie in literary form, and the most tantalizing textbook in the annals of anarchic academia.

aloha, Will

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Back cover, also by Michael Fleming.
Publication pending...stay tuned.

That cover makes my face melt, it's that awesome. Is that Nosferatu on the back? Love it.

This book will make your MIND melt. And it probably has more "tiki" per literary capita than any other book ever written, except of course "The Book of Tiki," and certainly more than any other sci-fi book. It's over 500 pages, a true epic. Hope to see you at our Tiki Oasis autograph session in August, aloha.
ps yes, that's a direct Nosferatu reference, only the tip of the iceberg in terms of pop culture riffs.

btw, here's the complete cover:

BOOK RELEASE PARTY at Forbidden Island in Alameda http://www.forbiddenislandalameda.com/ (where the book is partially set) on Thursday, March 1, 7-11PM. Scott and I will be signing copies hot off the press, with live surf music by The TomorrowMen http://tmensurf.com/ Aloha.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

WHAT: "IT CAME FROM HANGAR 18" BOOK RELEASE PARTY WITH THE TOMORROWMEN LIVE, AT FORBIDDEN ISLAND TIKI LOUNGE!

Co-authors and fellow Alamedans SCOTT FULKS, a mad scientist posing as a successful computer software engineer, and WILL "THE THRILL" VIHARO, a struggling pulp fiction author posing as a successful pulp fiction author, will be signing copies of their joint sci-fi pulp epic IT CAME FROM HANGAR 18 hot off the press at one of the novel's actual settings, FORBIDDEN ISLAND TIKI LOUNGE in Alameda, CA, world famous for its award-winning cocktails and aloha ambience. They will no doubt sully its stellar reputation with this big, bawdy book, but it's all in good fun!

Will, who is employed by Forbidden Island (at least until owner Michael Thanos reads his latest work) as their publicist, live music booker, weekend doorman, and "Forbidden Thrills" cult movie nite host, met Scott and his wife Jenn, frequent patrons, at the bar a couple of years ago, and they struck up a friendship. Scott read all of Will's published novels and not only still talked to him, but commissioned him to write a pulp novel in his inimitable style based on Scott's sketchy outline, wherein Scott could embed some heavy, complex scientific theories he's been developing for decades. It was a match made in Pulp Fiction Heaven, or Hell, depending on how easily offended you are...

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!
The event will feature live, futuristic surf music by THE TOMORROWMEN, also selling copies of their recent CD, "It's About Time"
http://tmensurf.com/shop.html

PLUS!
Cocktail specials and classic sci-fi flicks on Forbidden Island's big indoor screen and bar TV!

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

SCOTT FULKS is a mad scientist bent on world domination, or maybe just bent. Hobbies include building flying saucers, re-creating retro subcultures, sewing, and goth dancing. His cover identity is that of a highly paid software engineering director, thus using his considerable management expertise to fund his nefarious activities.

WILL “THE THRILL” VIHARO is a freelance writer, pulp fiction author and B movie impresario. His novels include A Mermaid Drowns in the Midnight Lounge, Chumpy Walnut, Down a Dark Alley, Lavender Blonde, Freaks That Carry Your Luggage Up to the Room, and the “Vic Valentine, Private Eye” series. He loves jazz, cats and cumulus clouds. He hates fake boobs and CGI werewolves. http://www.thrillville.net/fiction/

ABOUT THE BOOK:
IT CAME FROM HANGAR 18 is the most action-packed, erotic science fiction epic since The Bible - but with even more sex and violence! IT mixes hardcore sex with hard science, conspiracy theories with conspicuous satire, mythological monsters with mutated mobsters, flesh-eating feminists with voyeuristic vampires, and creates a potent literary Tiki cocktail pulsating with pulp, planets, pulchritude, politics, and a plethora of other “p” words. This is essential end-of-the-world desert-island flashlight-under-the-covers reading, the ultimate B movie in literary form, and the most tantalizing textbook in the annals of anarchic academia.
Cover art by MICHAEL FLEMING, http://tweedlebop.com/

ABOUT THE BAND:
The TomorrowMen are "Instro Surf Rockers From The Future"
http://tmensurf.com/

WHEN: Thursday, March 1, 2012, 7-11PM

HOW MUCH: no cover, but an autographed book is $25! It's like over 500 pages...

WHERE: Forbidden Island Tiki Lounge, 1304 Lincoln, Alameda http://www.forbiddenislandalameda.com/

Aloha, and watch the skies....

NOW ON KINDLE! Print edition coming very soon...cheers.
http://www.amazon.com/Came-Hangar-18-ebook/dp/B00701DQNA/ref=sr_1_8?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1327181590&sr=1-8

Print edition now available directly from CreateSpace, Amazon proper coming soon, cheers.
https://www.createspace.com/3762660

Scott (right) and me with the final proof copy, at Forbidden Island, 2/2/12:

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PRINT EDITION now on sale via Amazon, aloha
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1469913852/

Now in mass production...the invasion has begun!

ALL NEW INTERVIEW by Pete Crooks for Diablo Magazine
http://www.diablomag.com/D-blog/Petes-Popcorn-Picks/February-2012/Q-A-with-Alameda-author-Will-Viharo/

BOOK TRAILER for "It Came From Hangar 18"
http://youtu.be/gVC47I4LGig

Aloha.

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Pic from the book release party at Forbidden Island this past Thursday March 1. It was a blast and we sold a couple dozen books! Aloha.
Special cocktail menu!

With FI owner Molokai Mike and co-author Scott Fulks (center)

With Scott and cover artist Michael Fleming (left)

The Tomorrowmen rock the joint:

Otto digs the book trailer https://vimeo.com/37700119

Space babes Sara, Becca and Lee

The FI space crew:Jarrod, Mike, Becca and Lee

Monica Tiki Goddess, my biggest fan

Forbidden Planet on Forbidden Island

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Scott and I have just been booked for a reading/ signing at Books Inc. in Alameda CA, Wednesday, May 30, 7PM, where the book is currently in stock.
http://www.booksinc.net/Alameda

And check out Michael Fleming's ALTERNATE FRONT COVER! We will have to find special use for it sometime, maybe for a future "collectible" edition.

My Amazon.com review...

http://www.amazon.com/review/RIMNIOWWTSM98/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1469913852&nodeID=&tag=&linkCode=

I'll spare people the click. Thanks for the awesomeness, White Devil. - Will

5.0 out of 5 stars The Money Shot of the Gods, April 17, 2012
By Tony Arnold (Athens, GA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
This review is from: It Came from Hangar 18 (Paperback)
Fulks' & Viharo's It Came from Hangar 18 is the literary equivalent of the Trader Vic's Zombie: best consumed on an empty stomach and sipped leisurely. It is a pop culture full frontal assault, knocking aside all your previous literary sensibilities like the cosmic tenpins in Valhalla. It reads like Popeye's manly devotional, with the occasional splash of cold-water science via Sherman and Mr. Peabody. It will make you both smarter and hornier than you ever thought humanly possible, while leading you by the curiosity straight through the minefield of existential Possibility. It is a heavy metal ballad of the human condition, with a chorus of The Ventures and a turnaround by Martin Denny. It is the script for the greatest drive-in movie of all time: the dream collaboration of Robert Rodriguez, Rod Serling and Russ Meyer. It will introduce you to things you've never heard of, and remind you of things you forgot before you were born. It will scare, inspire and titillate you; it will kick your intellectual ass and uplift your spirit, if you have one. It will simultaneously ennoble and humble you like the noir Philosopher's Stone. It is the book you have been preparing to read all your life. Throw out your Raymond Chandler, your Joe Lansdale and your Bukowski: the future of sharp, tumescent writing is here and it abides in Hangar 18.

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Matt Howarth does cosmic, out-there comics, and I can see him doing a graphic adaptation of "Hangar 18."

http://www.bugtownmall.com/Bugtown_Publications.htm

!uSathane omhlophe umthondo omkhulu!

[ Edited by: White Devil 2012-04-20 10:55 ]

[ Edited by: White Devil 2012-04-20 10:55 ]

Here is Scott and me reading from IT CAME FROM HANGAR 18 at Books Inc. in Alameda on Wednesday, May 30:

We will also be doing a signing at Tiki Oasis 12 on Saturday, August 18, 11am-1pm, right before I host a tiki-spy film symposium.

Cheers & aloha.

[ Edited by: AquaZombie 2012-06-21 21:29 ]

Oh yea, Christian Slater says "read this book"...

This is the custom bookmark designed by cover artist Michael Fleming to be included in all Tiki Oasis goodie bags this year. Scott and I will be selling copies at the TO book signing 10-11:30am (gulp) on Saturday, August 18, aloha.

Thanks to everyone who made it out to the book signing. Many photos from TO12 here on Facebook, here are a few, cheers and aloha.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151064534377961.439301.761807960&type=1

[ Edited by: AquaZombie 2012-08-20 10:54 ]

It was very thoughtful of Josh to dye his hair and glasses lenses to match your book cover art.

That review is a classic in itself.

Here's a new article on the book in the latest issue of Alameda Magazine:
http://www.alamedamagazine.com/Alameda-Magazine/September-October-2012/Fun-with-Physics/